Skirt form



Oct. 16, 1956 M. JANG 2,766,917

SKIRT FORM Filed July 13; 1953 IN VEN TOR. fife/v90: J4me irrap/virfiUnited States Patent SKIRT FORM Monroe Jang, Merced, Cam.

Application July 13, 195. 3, Serial No. 357,448

2 Claims. (Cl. 223-95) This invention relates to skirt forms andparticularly to skirt forms which comprise a hanger for displayingwomens skirts.

Womens skirts are customarily suspended from hangers of various kindsand in such a manner that they hang straight without suggesting theappearance of the skirit on a wearer. When skirts are suspended fromhangers of this type the lines of the same naturally do not show and theweight of the material causes the same to hang straight.

It is an object of this invention to prepare -a combination skirt formand hanger which permits one to hang the skirt for display purposes on aform which to some extent simulates the appearance of the same whenworn.

it is a further object of this invention to provide a device of thiskind which may be inexpensively produced.

it is afurther object of this invention to provide a device of this kindwhich may be utilized without the use of pins or other fastening devicesand which may be used by unskilled help and which may be used as ahanger and garment form and may be removed from the garment by thecustomer.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will ap pear from thefollowing specification taken in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawings in which:

Figure 1 represents a plan view of a device incorporating my invention;

Figure 2 represents a cross-sectional detail taken along the line 22 ofFigure 1.

Figure 3 illustrates one step in the method of positioning a garmentwith respect to my device preparatory to hanging it thereon; and

Figure 4 illustrates my device with a garment hung therefrom.

As illustrated in Figure 1 my device consists of a member 16 composed ofcardboard or other semi-rigid material and is provided withsubstantially parallel top and bottom edges. The side edges 11 and 12are formed, as indicated, in the shape of an open 8 to provide an uppernarrow portion and a lower wider portion. At the narrowest portion apair of notches 13 and 14 are provided which are adapted to receive aresilient member 16 formed of rubber or of some other elastic materialwhich is adapted to surround both the form and any garment which isplaced thereon.

A pair of orifices 17 and 18 accommodate a hook member 19, the upper end21 of which is adapted to hang on a conventional rod and the lower endof which passes through the orifice 17 and forms a hook portion 22 whichengages the member 14 It is apparent therefore that the member 19 may bereadily removed from or at- 2,766,917 ?atented Oct. 16, 1956 t-ached tothe member 10 by clearing the hook portion 22 from the orifice 17 andthen withdrawing the same through the orifice 18, for example.

When a skirt is to be hung upon my combination garment hanger and form,the form is placed generally as illustrated in Figure 3 with its upperedge near the top or waist of the skirt. The side portions of the skirtare then folded about the sides 11 and 12 and the member 16 snapped overthe entire assembly. As illustrated in Figure 4 the skirt is hung insuch a manner that the waist thereof is drawn in and that the remainderof the skirt flares out over the side edges 11 and 12 thereby simulatingthe form of a wearer.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that i have invented a garmentform which is simple to use and which simulates the female figuresufiiciently that a prospective purchaser may determine the probablyappearance of the garment when worn.

I claim:

1. In a device of the character described adapted to display skirts, aflat plate-like form having curved sides forming an upper narrow portionand a lower wide portion, a notch formed in the narrow portion or" eachof said sides, stretchable means for surrounding the skirt and the formand adapted to engage said notches for holding the skirt to the formafter the upper portion of the skirt has been folded around said form,said form having upper and lower openings and spaced equidistant fromthe sides of said form, a detachable hook having an upper curved portionand a lower bent portion, the portion of the hook intermediate the uppercurved portion and the lower bent portion passing through the upperopening, and the lower bent portion engaging the top portion of saidlower openmg.

2. In a device of the character described adapted to dis? play skirts, aflat plate-like form having curved sides defining an upper narrowportion and a lower wide portion, a notch formed in each of said sidesat the narrow portion, stretchable means for surrounding the skirt andthe form and adapted to engage said notches for holding the skirt to theform after the upper portion of the skirt has been folded around thesides of said form, said form having upper and lower vertical slotsspaced equidistant from the sides of said form, a detachable hanger onsaid form and having an upper curved portion and a lower hook portion,the hook portion being at right angles to the upper curved portion, theposition of the hanger being such that the portion of the hangerintermediate the upper curved portion and the lower hook portion passesthrough the upper slot and the lower hook portion engages the topportion of said lower opening, and an offset in the intermediate portionof said hanger, the curved portion of the hanger extending in a planesubstantially parallel to the plane of the plate-like form and the lowerportion of the hanger being inclined slightly from the plane of theplate-like form to permit the intermediate portion of the hanger toextend through the upper slot.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,014,299 Shafarman Sept. 10, 1935 2,303,585 Shafarman Dec. 1, 19422,315,371 Kahn Mar. 30, 1943 2,575,979 Simon et al Nov. 20, 19512,648,468 Tan Aug. 11, 1953

